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  <title>CSS 2.1 Test Suite: Selectors: The :first-child pseudo-class</title>
  <link rel="author" title="Gabriele Romanato" href="mailto:gabriele.romanato@gmail.com" />
  <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#first-child" />
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  <meta name="assert" content="Browsers should apply each rule to the element which is the first child of its parent"/>
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* {color: silver}
em:first-child {color: green}
div:first-child {color: black}
span:first-child {color: blue}
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<p><em>This text should be green.</em> Filler text.</p>
<div><div>This text should be black.</div> <p>Filler text.</p></div>
<h4><span>This text should be blue.</span> <span>Filler text.</span></h4>
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